Stories about life on the homestead, spinning, knitting, gardening, caregiving and whatever else comes up.

Friday, June 6, 2008

Art of Alzheimer's

This is the first one I actually saw her make. The card was sitting on the counter, and she had the bottle cap in her hand. She looked at the card, then at the cap, then very carefully placed the cap on the circle. Another fascinating tidbit, that circle is the only large circle that doesn't have a smaller circle within it. Her sense of/compulsion/need? for order and symmetry reigns.

Yesterday Mom had Judy (now also known as Goosy Lucy)her babydoll cradled in one arm, and her other hand on my shoulder. She sang "Rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop". Just that one line, but she came up with it all on her own. It has been a long time since she has done that. I don't know if she was singing to me or to Judy/Lucy. Either way, a very sweet sound.

"It is a tragedy of the first magnitude that millions have ceased to use their hands...this great gift...It is highly likely that a time will come when we shall be so incapacitated and weak that we shall begin to curse ourselves for having forgotten the use of the living machines given to us by God."

Mahatma Gandhi

Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart. (Unknown)